Global Patent Index - EP 1599351 A1

EP 1599351 A1 20051130 - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE SUSPENSION

Title (en)

HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE SUSPENSION

Title (de)

HYDRAULIKSYSTEM FÜR EINE FAHRZEUGAUFHÄNGUNG

Title (fr)

SYSTEME HYDRAULIQUE POUR SUSPENSION DE VEHICULE

Publication

EP 1599351 A1 20051130 (EN)

Application

EP 04715204 A 20040227

Priority

  • AU 2004000250 W 20040227
  • AU 2003900894 A 20030227

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2004076211A1] A hydraulic system for a vehicle suspension for a vehicle, the vehicle including a vehicle body and at least two forward and two rearward wheel assemblies, the vehicle suspension including front and rear resilient vehicle support means between the vehicle body and the wheel assemblies for resiliently supporting the vehicle above the wheel assemblies, the hydraulic system including: at least two front (11, 12) and two rear (13, 14) wheel rams respectively located between the wheel assemblies and the vehicle body, each ram (11 to 14) including at least a compression chamber (45 to 48) and a rebound chamber (49 to 52); wherein the compression chamber (45, 46) and rebound chamber (49, 50) of each said front wheel ram (11, 12) is in fluid communication with the rebound chamber (47, 48) and compression chamber (51, 52) respectively of a diagonally opposed said rear wheel ram (13, 14) to respectively provide two fluid circuits, each fluid circuit providing a front and back compression volume therein, the front compression volume of each said fluid circuit being in fluid communication with the back compression volume of the other said fluid conduit, and wherein damping means (53 to 56, 71, 72) are provided for damping fluid flow within each compression volume and between the front and back compression volumes such that suspension parameters provided by the hydraulic system, including roll stiffness, roll damping, pitch damping and heave damping, can be independently tuned from each other.

IPC 1-7

B60G 21/073

IPC 8 full level

B60G 21/073 (2006.01); B60G 21/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

B60G 21/06 (2013.01 - EP US); B60G 21/073 (2013.01 - EP KR US); B60G 2204/80 (2013.01 - EP US); B60G 2204/8304 (2013.01 - EP US); B60G 2204/8306 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2004076211 A1 20040910; AU 2003900894 A0 20030313; CN 100509457 C 20090708; CN 1771141 A 20060510; DE 602004026419 D1 20100520; EP 1599351 A1 20051130; EP 1599351 A4 20080305; EP 1599351 B1 20100407; JP 2006519124 A 20060824; JP 4674819 B2 20110420; KR 101062501 B1 20110905; KR 20050106057 A 20051108; RU 2005129986 A 20060320; RU 2341383 C2 20081220; US 2006237942 A1 20061026; US 7789398 B2 20100907

DOCDB simple family (application)

AU 2004000250 W 20040227; AU 2003900894 A 20030227; CN 200480009340 A 20040227; DE 602004026419 T 20040227; EP 04715204 A 20040227; JP 2006501382 A 20040227; KR 20057016074 A 20040227; RU 2005129986 A 20040227; US 54688504 A 20040227